the heaven and earth, gce by james mcbride published by riverhead. focusing on the chicken hill neighborhood of pottstown, pennsylvania, where in the 1930s, the town's black jewish families lived side by side. mcbride has created a boisterous american him to community mercy and karmic justice. his characters interlocking lives make for tense, absorb drama as well as warm, humane. the bee sting paul murray, published by farrow and giroux. with his characteristic acuity and murray renders the decline of irish family and painful affecting detail, delving deep into the minds of both parents and children, but never surrendering a delicious sense of irony. while the pressures of the financial crisis are a propulsive force, there others including sexual and peer pressure. this is an irresistible anatomy misfortune. let us descend by jesmyn ward ward. published by scribner. in her first historical novel, maude follows an enslaved girl's passage from north carolina, the slave markets of new orleans, and then to a louisiana sugar plantation, making the unimagi

and the winner of the 2023 kirkus prize in fiction is the heaven earth grocery store by james mcbride and published by riverhead. you like me? you really like me. my mother used to say, you chew gum and swallow it. you're behind or close up. so i'm going to use i am. i am. i said earlier that that i told somebody earlier that i didn't care whether want to or not because i didn't need i don't need the money. but i was. that was the lie. so in any case, this this i'd like to thank my my agent, philip brophy, my partner tammy rigorous and people at riverhead and and basically my my fellow finally. younger than me and i hope that they the chance to hit to stand and where i'm standing the essential message i'd like to leave with is that i'm the obvious and, deeply grateful to to to win this this award and grateful to the people that at kirkus for for cutting the road for so many of us need the road cut so that we can walk down and do what we do. this book is about. about a woman who is dead. now she. she lives in a cemetery. on long island. our name is who? this. she'll ski. she was a jewi

cancel the membership vote with james mcbride with your feet.cently. it was all merry. this holiday, that the holiday, that festive that the word conspicuously word christmas was conspicuously absent everywhere. meanwhile word christmas was conspicuously absent e4irywhere. meanwhile word christmas was conspicuously absent e4irywhere. diwali vhile word christmas was conspicuously absent e4irywhere. diwali alle word christmas was conspicuously absent e4irywhere. diwali all the channel 4 pushing diwali all the time. what's going on? yes and i just read this one quickly. this is from sharon in bradford. i totally agree with you, eamonn. same same old christians, same old, same old christians, again, ignored, but say again, ignored, but dare say anything and all. anything about muslims and all. will hell will be let loose. will all hell will be let loose. shame christmas is about christ. >> well, the subject of hell. >> well, the subject of hell. >> well, the subject of hell. >> well, you see, graham, i'd like to know what the embarrassment is. what

that's the heaven and earth society, which is just the most wonderful novel, james mcbride, brilliant he's produced a work of genius. oddly enough, actually, amazon named it its book of the year as well. it's not just us, it's everybody, and it's a great, great book, and we're selling masses of it. >> we want to wish you a happy thanksgiving. good luck with the holiday season and we look forward to talking with you again very soon. >> thank you very much. >>> "squawk box" coming back with two big hours ahead. - so, the question is... - cyber attack! as cyber criminals expand their toolkit, we must expand as well. we need to rethink... next level moments, need the next level network. [speaker continues in the background] the network with 24/7 built-in security. chip? at&t business. my mom's life is the most important thing to me. hi mom! i called my mom, "i have this gene and i think you need to get tested." she feels like it was truly lifesaving. only sleep number smart beds let you each choose your individual firmness anand comfort. your sleep number setting. and actively cools and w